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FPS Rejected – Employee Date of Birth must be earlier than today

The error is with your Windows Regional and Language settings. The short date format is causing the error. This should be set to the format…

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How to import data into PAYE-Master

Sometime you might find it necessary to import existing PAYE-Master data into the program. For example if you are moving to a new PC or…

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Paying holiday pay

Configuring holiday pay rates and allowances Before you can process holiday pay you need to configure the employee holiday rate and allowances. For full details…

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function admin clear locks: error number 3044

This error indicates that the data file for that company cannot be located in the location payroll expects to find it. If the error specifies…

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Activating Employment Allowance

To activate employment allowance go to "Company" > "Alter Company Options" Tick the option for employment allowance here. The "maximum employment allowance" value should be left…

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Recording Holiday Leave

Employee holidays are saved in the holiday scheduler. For full details on configuring and using the holiday scheduler click here Allocating holiday leave to an…

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Company Pension Dashboard – PAYE-Master

Where can I find the Company Pension Dashboard? The dashboard is accessed from the "Pension" menu: This screen will then show you a summary of…

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DBISAM Engine Error #9217 Error reading from the table or backup file “Cashbook” / DBISAM Engine Error #8961 Header information corrupt in table “Master”

This error can occur when GP Accounts hasn't been shut down correctly. To rectify you will need to run a repair of the database: Make…

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Read Only Mode

GP Accounts will enter read-only mode at the end of your current licence. Once you reach the expiry date of your last renewal you will…

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Backing up and restoring data

IRIS Bureau Payroll / Payroll Business will automatically create a backup whenever you finalise a pay period. The automatic backup will contain the pre finalised…